Edmund Burke Wood

Edmund Burke Wood

:"Not to be confused with Canadian clergyman Edmund Wood."

Edmund Burke Wood (13 February 1820 in Fort Erie, Ontario – 7 October 1882 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Brant South, and served as the first provincial treasurer of Ontario from 1867 to 1871 under Premier John Sandfield Macdonald. He also served as a federal Member of Parliament representing the electoral districts of Brant South and Durham West from 1867–1874 under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald.

He later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Manitoba from 1874 to 1882. He died as Chief Justice in 1882.

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s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament from Brant South
years=1867–1872
s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament from Durham West
years=1873–1874
s-ttl|title=Provincial Treasurer of Ontario
years=1867–1871


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